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The service
What gardening & planting is, what a visit covers and where the line is.
The short answer
Gardening and planting service covers getting a bed ready and putting plants in it: clearing weeds, loosening and feeding the soil, setting shrubs, perennials, seasonal color or vegetables at the right depth and spacing, mulching, and showing you how to water them. Gardening & Planting in Los Gatos is booked through pros who cover its 4 ZIP codes, in neighborhoods such as Downtown Los Gatos, Almond Grove, and Belgatos. In Los Gatos, the dry season from late spring to fall is the easiest time for outside work, and the fall calendar fills before the first big rain. Gardeners on NorTech set their own prices and warranties for planting visits, and you pick who comes.
What a gardening & planting visit includes
What is included depends on the jobs you pick and on how each pro sets up their visit and timing. You see the exact scope with each pro's price before you book.
- Bed prep and weeding
- Planting and soil amendment
- Mulch and edging
- Watering setup guidance
- Haul-away of debris
Pick what is on your list
Tick what you want done, or add your own. Your list goes under the booking card and to the pro you choose, and you can describe anything else when you book.
Bed preparation
Tick what you want done. One visit can cover several.
Tick jobs above, or add your own. Your list goes under the booking card and to the pro you choose, so they see exactly what you need before they arrive.
What shapes a gardening & planting job
These are the things that make one job different from another. Mention them in your notes so each pro can scope your job properly.
What is not part of gardening & planting
Knowing where the line is keeps the visit on track and keeps you safe. When a job belongs to a specialist, NorTech tells you before you book.
- Any job where labor and materials together reach $1,000 or more. Larger landscape projects are handed to a licensed contractor, and you are told before booking.
- Installing or repairing sprinkler systems and anything tied into the water supply: those are irrigation or plumbing services.
- Removing large trees and stumps, or pruning mature trees from ladders and lifts, which is tree service work.
- New lighting and outdoor outlets: that is a licensed electrician.
- Pest or disease treatment that uses restricted-use products, which needs a licensed applicator.
- Regrading, retaining walls and drainage work, which have their own services on NorTech.
Plan your visit
How booking works, how to get ready, and what to expect where you live.
How booking gardening & planting works
Say what needs doing
Add your ZIP and a few words about the job.
Compare pros near you
Each pro sets their own price and warranty. NorTech does not pick for you.
Book the pro you pick
Add photos and details on their page. Your card is held and only charged after the work and the photos.
Photos and a warranty
Your pro backs the work with a workmanship warranty — if covered work is not right, your pro makes it right, free.
How often to book gardening & planting
Beds stay good looking when they are refreshed with the seasons. Each visit is booked with the pro you choose, and you can pause, skip or change the schedule at any time.
Put gardening & planting on a plan
Choose a pro who runs a plan and pick your frequency in the booking card. Before each visit your request goes to the same pro at their price that day, and you are charged only after they accept.
Before you book gardening & planting
Quick things that save a trip. Tick them off as you go; none of it is required to book.
Photograph each bed with a tape measure
Take pictures of each bed in daylight and note its length and width. Pros use them to estimate soil, mulch and plant counts, and they see problems like drainage or shade that a list will miss.
Decide what is a keeper
Walk the yard and tag plants you want to save with tape, and note any with sentimental value. Old shrubs can look rough but come back strongly after a trim, while others are better replaced.
Choose plants for your light, not just your taste
Look up how much sun a plant needs before buying it. A shade plant in full sun fails within weeks.
Check where water comes from
Make sure there is a working outdoor tap or drip valve near the beds. New plants need water almost daily at first, and a bed far from a tap often ends up neglected.
Plan a simple watering routine
Ask your pro how often and how long to water, and put it on a calendar or controller. Most new plant loss comes from too little water in week one or too much later.
Think about upkeep before you plant
A big bed of high-maintenance flowers is a lot of work. If you want less upkeep, ask for shrubs, grasses and perennials.
Say where in Los Gatos you are
Add your neighborhood, for example Downtown Los Gatos, Almond Grove, and Belgatos, or your ZIP code to your notes. Pros choose the neighborhoods they cover, and it tells them how far they have to travel.
How where you live changes gardening & planting
Best time to book gardening & planting
Mild weather lets roots settle in without heat or hard frost. Spring suits annuals and vegetables, and fall is often the best time for shrubs, perennials and bulbs because the soil is warm and plants focus on roots. In Los Gatos, the dry season from late spring to fall is the easiest time for outside work, and the fall calendar fills before the first big rain.
Together
Book gardening & planting with your neighbors
Every home on the street gets the pro’s neighbor rate, and each one books and pays on its own.
Start a Street Day- Start one
Pick the job, your street, a day and a pro who offers a neighbor rate.
- Share the link
Send it to neighbors. Only the city is ever shown publicly, never your street.
- Neighbors join
Neighbors on your street book the same pro on the same day.
- Everyone saves
Each home gets the pro’s neighbor rate, a percent off the pro’s own price, and books and pays on its own.
Often booked together with gardening & planting
Book several services with one pro. Pros set their own bundle discounts.
Fresh mulch finishes a planting visit and holds moisture around new roots.
New beds need working drip or spray coverage, and an old system often needs adjusting to reach them.
Feeding schedules and weed control keep beds and lawn healthy between planting visits.
Shaping existing shrubs and hedges makes new planting look finished.
Around Los Gatos
Where in Los Gatos the work happens, and the cities close by.
Gardening & Planting across Los Gatos
Pick your neighborhood to see what homes there tend to need. Pros choose the neighborhoods they cover, so enter your ZIP code to see who covers yours.
Cities near Los Gatos
Pros often cover more than one city. The rings show 5 and 10 miles from the center of town.
Other services in Los Gatos
Each one has its own page for this city.
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What backs the work, who is licensed and insured, what customers say, and your questions.
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